From AudioFile
This engaging two-cassette audiobook covers a lot more than health and fitness. Bailey talks about everything from his childhood to funny food myths to his peers at MIT. His reading is lively and silly, even using fake foreign accents to entertain the listener. He uses music effectively and frequently to separate the brief stories. The cuing at the beginning and end of tapes is excellent. A.G.H. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Book Description
Covert Bailey, renowned fitness crusader and best-selling author, offers a delightful combination of humor, motivation, and facts in his latest audio original, Smart Talk on Health and Fitness. Bailey teaches you how to improve your level of health and fitness through what you eat and answers some classic health questions such as: Why Don't Fat Eskimos Have Heart Attacks?, Do You Need More Food in Winter? What's a Balanced Diet? How Do You Get a True Vitamin Deficiency? and Why Do Cows Get Fat on a Low-Fat Diet? His down-home humor makes good nutrition easier to swallow. 2 cassettes.

About the Author
A nationally recognized fitness and diet expert, Covert Bailey earned a masters of science degree in nutritional biochemistry from M.I.T. and conducted five years of medical research at Harvard and M.I.T. His ability to translate complex information about human metabolism into comprehensible and practical advice has made him one of the most popular health and fitness experts in America, with his previous books on fitness -- Fit or Fat, The Fit or Fat Target Diet, The Fit or Fat Woman, The New Fat or Fat, Smart Exercise, and Smart Eating -- selling over five million copies to date.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

The author of the bestselling Fit or Fat? explores such health related topics as fiber and protein, caffeine, osteoporosis, hormones and diet, food additives, and more. This audio from the fitness crusader is part fitness facts, part motivation, and part personal reflection. 2 cassettes.

FROM THE CRITICS

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